Patricio Guzmán

My Imaginary Country (2022)

This documentary explores the protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities. ...

The Cordillera of Dreams (2019)

"In Chile, when the sun rises, it had to climb hills, walls and tops before reaching the last stone of the Cordillera. In my country, the Cordillera is everywhere. But for the Chilean citizens, it is an unknown territory. After going North for Nostalgia fo ...

The Pearl Button (2015)

The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the s ...

Nostalgia for the Light (2010)

In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime. ...

Chile, a Galaxy of Problems (2010)

In 2008 Patricio Guzmán carried out a survey to find out the "state of historical memory" in Santiago. To do this, it brings together a small number of historians, psychologists, economists, engineers, lawyers and other members of the Chilean elite. It is ...

Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars (2010)

A short documentary about an engineer in a Chilean observatory. ...

José Maza, Sky Traveller (2010)

A short documentary interviewing a renown astronomer and astrophysicist. ...

María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf (2010)

A short documentary interviewing an astronomer. ...

Astronomers From My Neighborhood (2010)

A short documentary of filmmaker Patricio Guzmán interviewing local astronomers. ...

My Jules Verne (2005)

My Jules Verne, by director Patricio Guzman, presents modern-day explorers who retrace the paths of some of Jules Verne's intrepid characters. Accompany Hubert Reeves, Laurence de La Ferrière, Hubert Falco and others to the Antarctic, to the centre of the ...

Salvador Allende (2004)

A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Bat ...

Madrid (2002)

A charming and meditative ode to the city of Madrid, where Guzmán studied directing and filmmaking during the 1960s, and escaped to from Chile after the military coup. Traveling through the streets of contemporary Madrid, Guzmán's essayistic film freely ...

The Pinochet Case (2001)

True story of the saga that was hoped to be the long-awaited justice brought to bear upon Augosto Pinochet, Chilean dictator from 1973 to 1990. In September 1998, Pinochet flew to London on a pleasure trip but experienced back pain and underwent an operati ...

Invocación (2000)

The film reconstructs the modest process of filming a Super 8 action short by three 12-year-old friends in Buenos Aires during the spring of 1973. From there, a broader reconstruction unfolds, beginning, argumentatively, on the night of March 24, 1999. ...

Robinson Crusoe Island (1999)

A passionate fan of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe as a 13-year-old boy, Guzmán was delighted to find in his adult years that the story is based on actual events & a real place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 700 kilometres from the Chilean coast. Thi ...

Chile: Obstinate Memory (1997)

After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzmán returns to his country to screen his documentary The Battle of Chile. ...

Pueblo en vilo (1995)

The Chilean documentary maker enters the small Mexican town of San José de Gracia, marked by its conservative spirit, following the book with which historian Luis González narrated a good part of the town's past and its strong involvement in the Cristero ...

Barriers of Solitude (1995)

Based on a best-selling book in Mexico written by Luis Gonzales, Barriers of Solitude looks at the effects of major historical events on the village of San Jose de Gracias. He interviews the residents, recording their collective reactions to new rulers, re ...

The Southern Cross (1992)

Taking as a guiding theme of religion in Latin America, the film shows the pre-Columbian myths, the arrival of the white man, later syncretism and liberation theology. The main theme is the "popular religion". In Latin America this forms a kind of religiou ...

En nombre de Dios (1987)

Documentary that explores the role of the Chilean Catholic Church in the fight against Augusto Pinochet's dictatorial regime, giving great emphasis to the creation of the Vicariate of Solidarity and protests against violations to human rights. ...

The Compass Rose (1983)

Exiled Chilean director Patricio Guzmán filmed in Cuba and in Venezuela to create this controversial statement on the creation and survival of Latin American culture from the late-15th century to the present. For some viewers, the film will be superficial ...

The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)

Guzmán's final installment shifts from covering the actions of Allende's opponents to those who battled to revive & promote their toppled leader's vision for a new Chile. ...

The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976)

Chronicles the events immediately surrounding the CIA- supported coup itself. ...

The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975)

The chronicle of the political tension in Chile in 1973 and of the violent counter revolution against the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. ...

The First Year (1972)

The documentary narrates the events that took place during the first year of the Unidad Popular government, in chronological order. ...

Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo (1968)

In a country subjected to a cruel dictatorship, a political activist is savagely tortured, unleashing the indignation of certain leftist intellectuals. ...

Electro show (1966)

Experimental film production that presents a newscast with a critical perspective of the popular culture transmitted by TV, using collage techniques and juxtaposition of images from newspapers, magazines, advertising, film and television. ...

Mimbre y Greda (1966)

Short film that narrates in an educational way the processes of developing wicker and clay crafts. The film is based on the experience of a character who tells a story to his nephews. Work carried out as part of the documentary series "Andanzas de un Chile ...

Viva la libertad (1965)

Animated short that addresses social and personal issues, begins with the prison and prisoners are seen as slaves and gendarmes as the all powerful, in a celebration of the gendarmes the prison burns down and the gendarmes kill the prisoners, one manages t ...

O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2 (2022)

With confidential and unpublished documentation, the film shows the background and behind-the-scenes of the coup in Chile that took place on September 11, 1973 - and General Pinochet's dictatorship, which lasted 17 years. ...

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022)

Why are we still able, today, to view images that were captured over 125 years ago? As we enter the digital age, audiovisual heritage seems to be a sure and obvious fact. However, much of cinema and our filmed history has been lost forever. Archivists, tec ...

My Imaginary Country (2022)

This documentary explores the protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile's capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around education, healthcare and job opportunities. ...

Nas Asas da Pan Am (2020)

Silvio Tendler goes through his life remembering the movements he was part of during the brazilian dictatorship and his adherence to socialism. ...

Santiago, Italia (2018)

After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the regime, and extradited many of them to Italy. ...

The Pearl Button (2015)

The ocean contains the history of all humanity. The sea holds all the voices of the earth and those that come from outer space. Water receives impetus from the stars and transmits it to living creatures. Water, the longest border in Chile, also holds the s ...

Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III (2012)

Capturing Reality (2008)

From cinema-verite; pioneers Albert Maysles and Joan Churchill to maverick movie makers like Errol Morris, Werner Herzog and Nick Broomfield, the world's best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre. Capturing Reality explores the compl ...

Salvador Allende (2004)

A leftist revolutionary or a reformist democrat? A committed Marxist or a constitutionalist politician? An ethical and moral man or, as Richard Nixon called him, a "son of a bitch"? In SALVADOR ALLENDE, acclaimed Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Bat ...

Chile: Obstinate Memory (1997)

After decades of fascist rule in Chile, Patricio Guzmán returns to his country to screen his documentary The Battle of Chile. ...

Moon Over Parador (1988)

Underappreciated actor Jack Noah is on location in Parador at the time the dictator dies. The dictator's right-hand man makes Jack an offer he cannot refuse... to play the dictator. Jack's acting skills fool the masses but not close friends and employees o ...